<p>Does Harvard College accept AP credit for Advanced Standing taken in 9th grade? The site is rather vague, stating that applicants should send their Soph+Junior+Senior AP scores, but didn't mention anything about Freshman year. Thanks!</p>
<p>If it’s a good score, they certainly aren’t going to penalize you for taking it. It will show early academic excellence. However, for placement purposes (for admitted students), they likely may not automatically grant advanced standing if the student wishes to use a 4+ year old test result. I would imagine in that circumstance, you’d personally petition/request advance standing to the Dept based on your record and probably offer to take a placement exam the first few days of the school year. </p>
<p>Plus, the individual departments vary. Some give advanced standing with 5s only. Some grant no advanced standing to the associated AP test.</p>
<p>If you’re still in HS, for admissions purposes, DEFINITELY provide that info as part of your application.</p>
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<p>A “good” AP score at Harvard is a 5 – scoring a 4 or below on any test doesn’t cut it.</p>
<p>Harvard does not grant AP credit unless a student opts for “Advanced Standing” – graduating in 3 years instead of 4. The only exception is AP Foreign Language. If a student scores a 5 on the AP Foreign Language test, they are exempt from Harvard’s Foreign Language graduation requirement.</p>
<p>A quick look at the Harvard Handbook, reveals courses where a score of 5 on an AP test will suffice to place-out of a course. There is no mention in the handbook of when a student took that AP course (freshman, sophomore, junior or senior year of high school). So, I would definitely report all AP courses and tests – even those taken during your freshman year. See: <a href=“http://handbook.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k104674&pageid=icb.page673463&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent1470403&view=view.do&state=maximize&viewParam_q=AP%20course”>http://handbook.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k104674&pageid=icb.page673463&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent1470403&view=view.do&state=maximize&viewParam_q=AP%20course</a></p>
<p>Harvard does not grant credit for the “typical” 9th grade AP classes, e.g. Human Geography, World History. As Gibby notes, credit is only granted upon activating Advanced Standing, and only for select tests.</p>
<p>The following link might be better than the one listed above:</p>
<p><a href=“Office of Undergraduate Education”>Office of Undergraduate Education;
<p>I imagine quite a number of Harvard students qualify for Advanced Standing. All it takes is four 5s on the right tests. I’m sure many admitted students have 5s just on Chem, Physics, Bio, and Calc BC. Add in English Lang or Lit, US History, Euro, and a foreign language and the number will grow even larger.</p>
<p>I’m also reasonably sure that only a relatively small percentage of eligible students take the Advanced Standing option. Given the opportunity to spend four years at Harvard, why cut it short? After all, the Ivy League is “just an athletic conference”, and I see no reason to throw away one your four years of athletic eligibility. ;)) </p>
<p>^^ That’s correct. Student’s must petition Harvard’s Ad Board to opt for Advanced Standing, and over the last 5 years, no more than 20 students every year opted to do so. I imagine the number of students who qualify for Advanced Standing is much higher. See the last page of this pdf: <a href=“http://adboard.fas.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic936848.files/Stats%20to%20Publish.pdf”>http://adboard.fas.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic936848.files/Stats%20to%20Publish.pdf</a></p>
<p>I did advanced standing and used scores from my freshman year of high school.</p>